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IN PICTURES: Tzedakah unit at day school 

IN PICTURES: Tzedakah unit at day school 

Posted on: July 12th, 2023 | 23 Tammuz 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Miryam Rosenzweig, president and CEO of Milwaukee Jewish Federation, visited a Milwaukee Jewish Day School class during its tzedakah unit, to discuss the 8 levels of tzedakah and how the Milwaukee Jewish Federation lives those values. Teacher Yoni Schlussel’s students wrote articles after the visit. The student writers included Sivan Wallace, who wrote that kindness […]

Cardinal Stritch’s last student graduation speaker: An Israeli 

Cardinal Stritch’s last student graduation speaker: An Israeli 

Posted on: June 30th, 2023 | 11 Tammuz 5783 by Rob Golub

MILWAUKEE – When Israeli Gal Dahan came to America to play basketball for Cardinal Stritch University in Glendale, she came, at least in part, for the superior American basketball facilities.     “They call America the land of opportunity, not for nothing,” Dahan told the Chronicle, when she was a 24-year-old junior, back in 2021.   Maybe it’s […]

Jewish history, told through art

Jewish history, told through art

Posted on: June 6th, 2023 | 17 Sivan 5783 by Rob Golub

The details were exquisite, right down to the miniscule, rolled up papers, each smaller than an eraser head. The rolls, all violet, made up a three-inch model of a Torah cover – with one yellow roll for each of the Torah handles.  Students at Torah Academy of Milwaukee created massive art banners, three-dimensional models and […]

<strong>Mazel Tov!</strong> 

Mazel Tov! 

Posted on: May 11th, 2023 | 20 Iyyar 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Here’s our annual list of local young people who have met the requirements of their local Jewish institutions. Dozens and dozens of Wisconsin young people have taken this step into Jewish adulthood, with confirmation or graduation from our state’s Jewish institutions. If you’d like to see the list from your synagogue or Jewish institution included […]

In Pictures: Setting Pesach tables 

In Pictures: Setting Pesach tables 

Posted on: May 9th, 2023 | 18 Iyyar 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

University of Wisconsin-Madison students Carly Shindler and Jacob Mandel help set the tables for the first of three Passover Seders held at the UW Chabad, where 750 students participated.

UW-Madison Chabad connects students with survivors – nationwide

UW-Madison Chabad connects students with survivors – nationwide

Posted on: April 14th, 2023 | 23 Nisan 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Ten students in Madison have been meeting with Holocaust survivors nationwide, by Zoom, as part of Chabad’s Stories That Live program.   Chabad at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers the program in Madison. Stories That Live is a program that connects students with Holocaust survivors. Started at a Chabad that serves students in Pennsylvania, the programming […]

At Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Linsey Kimmel learns with her students

At Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Linsey Kimmel learns with her students

Posted on: April 14th, 2023 | 23 Nisan 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

Third grade was a hard time for Milwaukee Jewish Day School teacher Linsey Kimmel. Her teacher made her feel inadequate. The teacher was not good at differentiating and made Linsey feel incapable. In fifth grade, she had a teacher who empowered her by calling her a “shining star.” She decided to become a teacher so […]

5 things I learned

5 things I learned

Posted on: April 11th, 2023 | 20 Nisan 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

I had a great experience at the BBYO International Convention. Consider coming along next year! Here is what I learned from my experience:   Find ways to meet new people – It is important that when attending a convention with thousands of Jewish teens from around the world that you take the opportunity to meet new […]

Life lesson at the tiny house project

Life lesson at the tiny house project

Posted on: April 5th, 2023 | 14 Nisan 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

No doubt, you would be hard-pressed to come up with a more important life lesson than fixing a mistake, not just moving on and leaving it.   Teens were learning that hard lesson outside Milwaukee Jewish Day School on a cold afternoon, March 14, 2023. They were removing glue from wood, to re-set the wood properly.  […]

Milwaukee Jewish Day School students are part of a project that gets veterans back on their feet

Milwaukee Jewish Day School students are part of a project that gets veterans back on their feet

Posted on: April 5th, 2023 | 14 Nisan 5783 by Special to the Chronicle

For the first time since Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin started a small village of tiny homes for homeless veterans, a group of students has joined the cause.  Nine sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Milwaukee Jewish Day School are building a tiny home to join 15 others in the James A. Peterson Veteran Village […]